duodecim

Latin

Latin cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : duodecim     Ordinal : duodecimus     Adverbial : duodeciēs     Multiplier : duodecuplus, duodecuplex, duodecimplus,                   duodecimplex, duodecemplus, duodecemplex     Distributive : duodēnī     Fractional : uncia
Latin Wikipedia article on Duodecim

Alternative forms

• Symbol: XII

Etymology

From duo (“two”) + decem (“ten”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /duˈo.de.kim/, [d̪uˈɔd̪ɛkɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /duˈo.de.t͡ʃim/, [d̪uˈɔːd̪et͡ʃim]

Numeral

duodecim (indeclinable)

1. twelve; 12
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 1.19:

     Atque omnium primum ad cursus lunae in duodecim menses discribit annum

     First of all he divided the year into twelve months, corresponding to the moon's revolutions

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Ioannes.20.24:

     Thomas autem unus ex duodecim qui dicitur Didymus non erat cum eis quando venit Iesus

     But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

Derived terms

• duodecennis (Late Latin)

Related terms

• duodenī

Descendants

• Aragonese: dotze
• Asturian: doce
• Catalan: dotze
• Dalmatian: dotco
• Corsican: dòdeci
• English: dozen
• French: douze
• Friulian: dodis
• Galician: doce
• German: Dutzend
• Italian: dodici

• Ladin: dodesc
• Occitan: dotze
• Old Galician-Portuguese: doze
• Portuguese: doze
• Romansch: dudesch
• Sardinian: dóghi
• Sicilian: dùdici
• Spanish: doce
• Venetian: dódexe
• Walloon: doze

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

• “duodecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “duodecim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• duodecim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.